Writer Cristina Henriquez subsequent to the quilt of her new novel, The Nice Divide
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Writer Cristina Henriquez subsequent to the quilt of her new novel, The Nice Divide
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President Donald Trump says he needs the U.S. to take again management of the Panama Canal. The Canal has been dubbed the best engineering feat in human historical past. It is also (maybe much less favorably) been referred to as the best liberty mankind has ever taken with Mom Nature. So how did we get right here?
At this time on the present, we’re speaking to Cristina Henriquez, the creator of the novel, “The Great Divide.” Her ebook explores the making of the Canal. It took 50,000 folks from 90 totally different international locations to carve the land in two — and the results of that extraordinary, nature-defying act are nonetheless echoing by way of our current.
This episode was produced by Christina Cala. It was edited by Leah Donnella. Our engineer was James Willets.
